March 11, 2011

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A jury in Norfolk, Va., on Friday convicted two former Blackwater employees of involuntary manslaughter for the 2009 death of an Afghan civilian in Kabul.

The men -- Justin Cannon and Christopher Drotleff -- were working as private security guards in Kabul when on May 5, 2009, they fired their weapons while escorting a convoy. Two Afghan civilians died in the incident.

The first trial of Cannon and Drotleff ended in mistrial last year. The jury decision in Norfolk on Friday acquitted the men of other charges, including second-degree murder. For the involuntary manslaughter conviction, they could face up eight years in prison. Sentencing is scheduled for June.

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a jusr in norfolk VA has jurisdiction over an Afghan civilian casualty in Afghansitan? ??only in the world where the DOJ is led by the Idiot Holder (who loves the Black Panthers), and alsi is the man of the "we people" versus "you people" and thinks USA is a "nation of cowards"

Posted By: a jusr in norfolk VA has jurisdiction over an Afghan civilian casualty in Afghansitan? ??only in the | March 12, 2011 at 11:58 AM

THE GOOD OLD USA ---- SEND OUR MEN TO WAR AND CRUCIFY THEM IF A MISTAKE IS MADE ... WHETHER IT IS THEIR FAULT OR NOT ...! === IT IS PATHETIC TO FIGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY ... THERE IS NO LOYALTY BY OUR GOVERNMENT ... POLITICS REIGNS.

Posted By: THE GOOD OLD USA ---- SEND OUR MEN TO WAR AND CRUCIFY THEM IF A MISTAKE IS MADE ... WHETHER IT IS TH | March 12, 2011 at 12:10 PM

Blackwater employees aren't US military. They are goons from a private US company. A company Dick Cheney was on the board of. They got lucrative contracts from the US government during the war in Iraq. If they had been in the military, they would be court marshalled and in prison by now.

Posted By: Blackwater employees aren't US military. They are goons from a private US company. A company Dick | March 12, 2011 at 03:00 PM

If all you Patriots out there had the guts to reinstate the draft (because these wars were so necessary)we would not have to make outside contractors (that think they are above the law) rich.
Apparently all those budget phonies think there is nothing wrong with paying an outside contractor a 1000 times more than an American Soldier to do the same job. Then again if there was a draft these wars probably would have never started and all those corporations would have lost all that money.

Finally, some justice! These men are war euphoric mercinaries and along with that well paid job come risks. The military trained these men, they learned their trade then left to earn the big bucks. Maybe they'll find religion in the pokey.. or maybe bubba. Either way, their in a hell of their own creation and right where they belong... PIGS!.